Barbra Streisand, 81, is ‘too old to care’ about dressing 'provocatively'

28 December 2023 , 21:43

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Barbra Streisand, 81, said she's "too old to care" if people think she dresses provocatively as she showed off her endless legs in an incredible new photoshoot.

The superstar stripped off her trousers for a glam cover shot for W magazine. Barbra showed off her age-defying looks in nothing but a shirt and tie as she posed for the title.

The Way We Were actress spoke to the New York Times abut her new memoir, My Name Is Barbra, about why at her age she doesn't let it bother her what people think of what she wears. She's in her own league when it comes to her fashion.

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Barbra Streisand, 81, is ‘too old to care’ if you think she dresses provocatively

She said: "People should express themselves and wear whatever they feel on any given day. And that has nothing to do with age."

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Barbra, who was defiant when it came to her own style, said she was careful how she dressed at the start of her career. Now, things could not be more different.

She explained: "I was too afraid to be seen that way at that time. Now I'm too old to care."

Meanwhile Barbra has recalled the special moment she once shared with another fashion goddess. she revealed details of meeting the late Princess Diana calling her a "wonderful" royal.

The singer has been opening up about a series of moments and memories from her life in her new memoir My Name Is Barbra and detailed how she once would have suffered a wardrobe malfunction, but Diana came to her rescue. Barbra was attending the 1992 premiere of The Prince of Tides in London when the incident occurred.

She wrote: "The zipper on my skirt had come down a bit as I was sitting, and she noticed and quickly started to zip it up for me as I got to my feet. When I finally sat down, Diana turned to me and asked, 'Do you know how wonderful you are?"

Barbara Streisand hardly looks any different than she did in 1969 (UGC)

Barbara Streisand has become a fashion icon (Getty Images)

Barbra admitted that she was taken aback by the compliment as songwriter Marilyn Bergman had asked her the same questions at New York nightclub Bon Soir 30 years earlier. She said: "I certainly didn’t know it then. Did I know it now? I’m not sure…maybe a little. I thought Diana was wonderful. I wonder if she knew how wonderful she was."

Diana wasn't Barbra's only admirer in the Royal Family either - King Charles reportedly had a thing for her prior to his marriage to Diana in 1981. A report by The Times in July 2021 claimed that Charles had found Barbra "dazzling" as a young man.

Barbra later told ITV's Ross King: "It was so sweet." She then gave further details of how they had met in 1974 when he was serving in the Royal Navy and visited San Diego. She added: "He asked to meet me. So he came to the recording studio. I offered him a sip of tea and I thought, 'They didn't have to test me for poison or something? No.' "

Sarah Tetteh